ODP.NET and ClickOnce possible?

Question

We have a sqlserver (WinForms) application that is deployed with ClickOnce that talks directly to the database. If we are forced to port it to oracle, can ODP.NET be used w

Answer 1

XCOPY deployment is the closest you are going to get to a click once deployment with ODP.NET.

I just replied to another one of your posts here will a lot of detail about XCOPY deployment.

Please have a look:

How to write a .Net application that works with both SqlServer and Oracle (now that System.Data.OracleClient is deprecated)

Christian Shay Oracle

EDIT: Oracle has announced that sometime in 2011 they will release a fully managed version of the ODP.NET provider (aka thin client). When that happens there will be no dependency by ODP.NET on any other files and ClickOnce deployment will be simpler.

Feel free to provide your feedback on this and other future features at our feature request website: http://apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=18357:46